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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1956
Page
3
A light home guide discusses raising children with intelligent neglect encouraging self reliance and learning through minor risks. It offers practical kitchen and workshop tips, including rust prevention with kerosene and engine oil, freezing marshmallows to cut cleanly, locating dropped items, and using a sun powered portable radio and auto waxes for shine. It ends with a quip about the average woman judging the average man.
Police stepped up enforcement as 7 234 drivers were suspended in August, a new Manitoba high. Commissioner R B Baillie cites increased police vigilance and poor driving, noting 132 traffic convictions vs 87 last August, a 52 percent rise. Twenty one motorists were found driving under suspension, a rare monthly total. Major convictions totalled 221, with 131 drunken driving. Thirty nine drivers lost licenses after accidents, 18 for hit and run. August suspensions reached 573, with 353 reinstatements.
A quirky home page note mixes a chocolate pie recipe with ads for new washing machines from Westinghouse Inglis and General Electric. It promotes autumn preserving tips, a community meeting starting April 24, and a Manitoba Power Company homemaker feature with a casual style.
Notes from Brandon Manitoba discuss tillage options for stubble and how costs per acre drive decisions. Data from 1955 at Marétibalrustration Station shows plowing at 1.44 dollars, one way plowing 1.20, cultivating 11.06, and disking 0.67. Heavier soils favor fall plowing for seed bed quality and reduced spring tillage.
Semopy McCulloch writes on Canadian forests noting over 150 tree types with maple identified as key. Describes log sizes mills accept and why knotty, unhealthy, or burnt wood are avoided. Mentions harvesting year round and Sweden helicopter log breaking methods.
The provincial cabinet announces a five member Licensing Board plus one ex officio chair. C E Filmore of Peters Held joins Joseph Derocke Notre Dame de Lourdes A A Trapp Brokenhead and Mrs E S Russenholt Winnipeg. Barnard Halstead to head the board. Public meetings required and hearings may be held any time.
The Roblin and District Cemetery Committee hosts a bake sale at Roblin Electric on Saturday September 22 starting at 3 p.m. Donations are welcome to help cover debts and fund treasury needs.
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